The course will ground
the prospective EE and CSC student in the means of electrical realization
of Boolean functions used in computers and other digital devices. It will
convey binary number and Boolean algebra principles used in logic design
as well as description of the electronic circuits used. A laboratory component
will give the student practical experience in assembling digital circuits
from basic building blocks and measuring their logical performance.

ENTRY LEVEL COMPETENCIES

Competence in circuit
analysis.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

Upon completion of
the course, the student will be provided the capability to design logical
circuits at the Boolean functional level and realize these designs in modern
digital electronic integrated circuit building blocks. The student will
also be familiar with the architecture and circuitry of microprocessors.
The course will give the student laboratory experience in working with
these circuits.

MAJOR TOPICS TO
BE INCLUDED

Introduction to microelectronics,
diodes, and transistors

Number systems and conversions

Boolean algebra

Logic simplification using
Karnaugh maps and the Quine-McCluskey method